---
type: "Bill"
title: "HUMAN RTS-PREGNANT PEACE OFCR"
description: "Amends the Employment Article of the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that it is a civil rights violation for a public employer to refuse to temporarily transfer a pregnant female peace officer to a less strenuous or hazardous position for the duration of her pregnancy if she so requests, with the advice of her physician, where that transfer can be reasonably accommodated."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 166"
citation: "Illinois HB 166 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-12-27"
last_action: "2007-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4e3b22f-08b5-45ff-bbaa-999c742ccf89"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=166&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=26788&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "b74050ffd0feae34c137c1225a2b485ab50f731a01d96a771f96da7fbff054b7"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois HB 166 (95th) — HUMAN RTS-PREGNANT PEACE OFCR

Amends the Employment Article of the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that it is a civil rights violation for a public employer to refuse to temporarily transfer a pregnant female peace officer to a less strenuous or hazardous position for the duration of her pregnancy if she so requests, with the advice of her physician, where that transfer can be reasonably accommodated.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB0166&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=26788&DocNum=166&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB0166eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=26788&DocNum=166&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB0166enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=26788&DocNum=166&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **115–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- JoAnn D. Osmond — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2006-12-27** Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond `filing`
- **2007-01-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-01-19** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-01-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Brady
- **2007-01-31** Assigned to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kurt M. Granberg
- **2007-03-08** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Joyce
- **2007-03-14** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Local Government Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-03-14** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Local Government Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2007-03-14** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-15** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-03-27** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-03-28** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-03-29** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2007-03-29** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 30, 2007 `reading-1`
- **2007-03-30** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Carole Pankau
- **2007-04-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-20** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-26** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
- **2007-04-26** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Michael Bond
- **2007-04-26** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Carole Pankau
- **2007-05-03** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-10** Do Pass Executive; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 15, 2007
- **2007-05-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2007
- **2007-05-22** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-06** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-06** Effective Date January 1, 2008
- **2007-08-06** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4e3b22f-08b5-45ff-bbaa-999c742ccf89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).